The actress is celebrating her 74th birthday today, September 18, 2024.
She won her first National Award for Best Actress in her feature film debut, Ankur, which was released in 1974.
Not only this, she made a hat-trick of winning National Awards between 1983, 1984 and 1985.
She is a trained Kathak dancer and was trained by legendary Gopi Krishna.
Shabana was the first Indian actress to join the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1989.
The actress once said that she was 'completely enchanted' by Jaya Bhaduri's performance in Suman.
Shabana and Shekhar Kapur dated for a brief period and got engaged.
She met lyricist Javed Akhtar when he was married to Honey Irani.
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